Day 34

got home about 40 minutes ago
it's 5:30 right now
i'm watching saved by the bell on tbs
i've been coming home this late
for the past three days
going to sleep at 7 AM
waking up around 3 ish
to go back to work at 7 PM
wanna know what i do?

remember the post about iron man 2?
well i guess they needed more people
for a different scene or something
so i called in and got booked
it started on thursday and went over to friday
for those days we filmed at some LA high school
then i had the weekend off
and we continued filming monday tuesday and wednesday night/thursday morning
on these days we filmed at some dam area
it's in van nuys
they have a whole set up there
let me tell you about it

it was fun
a great experience
today was the last day
it was really sad
for 5 days we got to meet new people
and they were about 12 hour shoots
so you get to know them very well
because for most of the time
you are sitting and waiting to go to the set
while they prepare it

you get fed the whole time
once we get there it's hamburgers and hot dogs
then around midnight we break for lunch
which is like chicken fish roast beef and all that

man i'm gonna miss it
made new friends
and i got to be filmed!
the whole scene they needed extras for
was for a crowd running away from 'drones'
i guess we're at a tony stark expo for new technology
and drones attack it
and we're screaming and running away from them
lotta running but it was fun
i had to put on my scared face
and cover my head
pretending there was an attack from above
then iron man comes in to save the day
it was cool
they had huge green screens surrounding us
some explosions in the grass
fun stuff

this extras thing is a trip
all different kinds of people
different races
different ages
there were old ladies running through the crowd
i felt so bad for them
because some would push them out of the way
and for some people
this is their only job
they make the effort to call in
to get paid minimum wage
one guy said he was homeless
but at least he's working
he's not on the side of the street
begging for a donation

the thing that bugs is when
these people think they're hot shit
just cuz they're on a movie set
they're in the freakin background
dont act like you're the star
but that's only a few

once again
it was fun
i got paid to sit around and talk
we played cards and uno
i'm gonna miss it
the food
the people
the cameras
the special effects
oh well... just a story now
we'll have to wait and see
what show i get next
i'll keep you updated

goodnightttt